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Group CIO Dan Ivascyn discusses how investors should examine liquidity and economic sensitivity across public and private markets.
Investors should approach private investment grade (IG) credit with a focus on risk-adjusted returns versus liquid IG, while seeking to maintain a core IG trait: limited impairment risk.
The playbook for private credit is changing as a maturing direct lending market creates opportunities for active, relative-value-oriented investors.
As direct lending matures and other private credit areas expand, active investors can apply relative value strategies across sectors – and even entire markets – to pursue enhanced outcomes.
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Jason Steiner, PIMCO Portfolio Manager, Asset-Based Finance, discusses the continued growth in asset-based finance (ABF) at this year’s Milken Institute Global Conference, including how we approach this broad market, where we see opportunities and risks, and how ABF can benefit investor portfolios.
Asset-Based Finance Explained
Wonder what asset-based finance is all about? Elliot Mcilrath, Product Strategist, Alternative Credit, demystifies the exciting evolution in private credit.
In this series, discover exciting private market opportunities and how PIMCO pursues them in an effort to benefit our investors. Learn why we believe Residential Credit is an attractive investment within our asset-based finance (ABF) portfolios.
Asset-based finance offers a compelling opportunity to diversify portfolios and enhance risk-adjusted returns, but a robust framework for measuring associated risks and returns is essential.
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All investments contain risk and may lose value. Investments in residential/commercial mortgage loans and commercial real estate debt are subject to risks that include prepayment, delinquency, foreclosure, risks of loss, servicing risks and adverse regulatory developments, which risks may be heightened in the case of non-performing loans. The value of real estate and portfolios that invest in real estate may fluctuate due to: losses from casualty or condemnation, changes in local and general economic conditions, supply and demand, interest rates, property tax rates, regulatory limitations on rents, zoning laws, and operating expenses. Investments in mortgage and asset-backed securities are highly complex instruments that may be sensitive to changes in interest rates and subject to early repayment risk. Structured products such as collateralized debt obligations are also highly complex instruments, typically involving a high degree of risk; use of these instruments may involve derivative instruments that could lose more than the principal amount invested. Private credit involves an investment in non-publicly traded securities which may be subject to illiquidity risk. Portfolios that invest in private credit may be leveraged and may engage in speculative investment practices that increase the risk of investment loss. Equity investments may decline in value due to both real and perceived general market, economic and industry conditions, while debt investments are subject to credit, interest rate and other risks. Investing in banks and related entities is a highly complex field subject to extensive regulation, and investments in such entities or other operating companies may give rise to control person liability and other risks. In addition, there can be no assurance that PIMCO's strategies with respect to any investment will be capable of implementation or, if implemented, will be successful. Investing in distressed companies (both debt and equity) is speculative and may be subject to greater levels of credit, issuer and liquidity risks, and the repayment of default obligations contains significant uncertainties; such companies may be engaged in restructurings or bankruptcy proceedings.
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